^^Actually the giving of gifts on Christmas got it’s start from the above mentioned St.Nicholas ,which used to give of his wealth to the needy children of his home town /diocese. .. I have been studying Early Church history,theology for years ..The “Christmas Tree”as it’s so named actually owes it’s origins to Germany ...Most scholars (Catholic and Protestant)agree Christ was probably born in March or April ,it definitely was not December 25th ..A careful study of the New Testament also lends credence to the fact Jesus could not have been born on Dec25th ,or any other Winter month ..Dec 25th was indeed the day of the Winter Roman Solstice god ,which the Catholic Church “baptized “a Christian Holiday,which the term “Christ’s Mass”(modern day term Christmas )derived from ..